# Yehuda Deri

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{{Short description|Israeli rabbi (1958–2024)}}
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'''Yehuda Deri''' ({{langx|he|יהודה דרעי}}; 31 July 1957 – 9 July 2024) was an Israeli [rabbi](/source/rabbi),<ref name="nyt">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/26/world/a-religious-revival-near-an-israeli-jail.html?ref=topics|title=A Religious Revival Near an Israeli Jail|last=Greenburg|first=Joel|work=[New York Times](/source/New_York_Times)|date=26 September 2000}}</ref> member of the Chief Rabbinical Council of Israel, and the Chief Rabbi of [Beersheba](/source/Beersheba) from 1997.<ref name="Toi">{{cite web|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/would-be-chief-rabbis-line-up/|title=Would-be chief rabbis line up|last=Stuart|first=Winer|publisher=[Times of Israel](/source/Times_of_Israel)|date=18 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="Arutz Sheva">{{cite web|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/306028|title=Rabbi Yehuda Deri Runs for Sephardic Rabbi of Jerusalem|last=|first=|publisher=[Arutz Sheva](/source/Arutz_Sheva)|date=8 October 2014}}</ref> In 2013, he was a candidate for [Chief Rabbi of Israel](/source/Chief_Rabbinate_of_Israel).<ref name="ynet">{{cite web|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4408846,00.html|title=	Rabbis Deri, Abergil withdraw chief Sephardic rabbi candidacy|last=|first=|publisher=[Ynet News](/source/Ynet_News)|date=23 July 2013}}</ref> He was also a past candidate for Chief Rabbi for [Jerusalem](/source/Jerusalem) and for [Tel Aviv](/source/Tel_Aviv).<ref name="ta">{{cite web|url=https://www.jta.org/2005/04/19/archive/tel-aviv-got-a-new-chief-rabbi-after|title=News Briefs|last=|first=|publisher=[Jewish Telegraph Agency](/source/Jewish_Telegraph_Agency)|date=19 April 2005}}</ref><ref name="Arutz Sheva"/>

Deri died of complications from a leg infection on 9 July 2024, at the age of 66.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-809601|title=Rabbi Yehuda Deri, brother of Arye Deri, dies at age 66|publisher=Jerusalem Post|date=9 July 2024|accessdate=9 July 2024}}</ref> He was the older brother of [Aryeh Deri](/source/Aryeh_Deri) and [Shlomo Deri](/source/Shlomo_Deri).<ref name="nyt"/>

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Category:1957 births
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Category:Sephardic Haredi rabbis in Israel
Category:Rabbis in Beersheba
Category:Deri family
Category:Moroccan emigrants to Israel
Category:20th-century Moroccan Jews

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